Corn header



15, 1930. R. MARSH 1,770,706

CORN HEADER Filed Sept. 22, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l July 15, 1930;

R. MARSH CORN HEADER Filed Sept; 22, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jitorne as.

Patented July 15, 1930 PATENT OFFICE RALPH MARSH, OF'CRYSTAL LAKE,-ILLI1\TOIS coma HEADER I Application filed September 22, 1927. Serial No. 221,169.

This invention relates toa header attachment which in the form here shown, may be removably mounted on a'wagon box or any other suitable supporting apparatus and by i 5 means of which the heads of grain such as Kaflir corn, for example, may be readily cut olf and deposited in the wagonbox or other container: One object of the invention is,

therefore, to provide a complete self-coir tained and removable unit which may be put in any suitable location and used asa header and which thereafter may be removed and placed away for storage. Another object of the invention is to provine such; a header construction whereby'the grain itself is held together during the cutting operation, properly fed to the cutting means and whereby the heads, trash or, waste and straw are properly and automatically separated, each from the other. Other objects of the invention will appear from time to time in the specification and claims. Y Z

The invention is illustrated more or less diagrammatically in the accompanying drawings wherein I r i Figure 1 is aside elevation of the device. Figure 2 is a horizontalcrosssection on line 2-2 of Figurel showing parts in section and parts broken away.

Figure 3 is rear elevation 'of'the device mounted on a wagon body, showing the wagon body in section and parts of'thedevice broken away. c Figure 4 is a vertical cross sectional detail taken on line 4l of Figure 1.

Like parts are designated by like characters throughout the drawings and specification.

A is awagon box or body.

' B B'are short clips or channel adapted to fit over the wagon'bo dy, as shown, and to serve as a bearing support for'roll'ers B B which contact the upper edge of the r wagon body or side, and by means of which J the device may be moved vor rol ed along-l the body into the proper position.

G is a gasoline or other engine, the details of which form no part of the present invention. It is normally inclosed in the C It is provided with a pulley-C and a members v passer 'grain and straw which wouldotherclutch which is not shown in detail, but is controlled by a handle or lever C C is an idler pulley mounted on anlarm G which is pivoted as at C upon an extension from the frame. ally by the letter C The details of the frame are not described because they form no part ofthe invention and any suitable frame might be used; C is a tension spring adapted normally to hold the idler pulley V C against the belt C which passes at its lowerend about thepulley C and at its upper end about a pulley D which is fixed on a shaft D carried ii'ibearingsl) D which are themselves supported in a portion of'the frame C Fixed also on the shaft D 1s asaw or othercutting member D While I- have shown a saw; it will be understood that other means might be provided forcutting instead ofthesaw. 7 .E is a' feed table supported on the" frame 0 providedat its upper end with a slot E within which the saw D extends. E 'is a feeding member provided with one extension E and a second extension E These ext ensions are generally at right'angle's to each other, although this" position is not absolutely essential and their angular relation might be different. -A spring E is mounted about the portion and is providedwith an endE which bears upon the under sue face of thefeed table E- and with another end E which bears against the upward 8X- tenslon E; Th s spring tends to hold th parts-in the position shown particularly in Figure l and shown also in detail in F ure v 1 r e ,Joined to the feed' table'E or contacting The 'frame'is designated generit is a discharge apron F. Material falling upon or being, deposited uponlthis discharge apron slides across it and is discharged into, the wagon body or box. A and thnsheads of grain cut oli by the cutting apparatus fall into thewagon body or other receptacle ad- 7 jacent which the header as whole is mountedw'y G is a trashor waste chutemountedunder the slot of the feed tableE 'and beneath the cutting means D The small broken llll wise slide into the wagon body fall into the trash chute and are discharged from it to the ground or to an appropriate trash rece tacle not here shown.

is a hood mounted over the cutting means as a protection to the operator.

Althonglhel have shown in my drawings and d inithis specification an operative form of my invention, many changes in form, shape and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The use and operation of the invention are as follows: i

In normal operation the apparatus of this invention will be mounted upon a wagon which will be drawn through the fields where .th'egrain has previously been cut. Operators with the wagon and will take bundles otal-he grain, which mayor may not have pnevioualy been formed into bundles, put them '11 the feed table between the arms E' and which form, in effect, a feed cradle. They will then press the bundle toward the mun means, thus tilting the feed cradle E, E, E which serves to guide the bundle to be cut, to hold it together, to prevent scattering and to efiect more efiicient and less wasteful cutting. The bundle is thus moved into the path of the cutting means, the heads are cut ofl',fall upon the discharge apron, slide acres its surface and into the box. The smaller parts which are broken and destroyed during the cutting operation fall into the trash or waste chute and from it slide to the ground. The straw which the operator may still retain in his hands may then be thrown upon the ground or into another suitable reeegtlcle, such, for example, as another wagon. U P i 1. In a grain heading assembly. a cutter, a feeder or such cutter, said feeder beinto receive the grain to be headed and to moved with the grain toward the cutter, mchuteadapted to receive cut grain and to it to a suitable point of. discharge, and a,aeecnd chute adjacent the cutter, adapted 7 tb receive the waste from the cutting zone, to separate it from the cut grain and to disphaqleit from the assembly.

:22 a grain heading assembly, a cutter, afeding part adapted to be moved forward toward and away from said cutter, surface upon which material may be "If to he moved to the feeding art, a 1 to receive the heads grain 14, f t ey have been cut.

;In a grain heading assembly, a cutter, a part adapted to be moved forward Q toward and away from said cutter, a surface upon which'material may be deposited to be moved to the feeding rt, a chute adaptedto receive the heads 0 grain afterthe ,have been cut, and a secondchute t5 o'rceei-ve waste matter from the cutting zone and discharge it separately from the heads of grain.

4. In a grain heading assembly, a cutter, a feeding part adapted to be moved forward and back toward and away from said cutter, a feed surface upon which material may be deposited to be moved to the feedin part, a chute adapted to receive the heads 0 grain after they have been cut, the entire assembly being provided with supporting means whereby it may be movably and removably positioned upon any suitable support.

5. In a grain heading assembly, a cutter, a pivoted feeding frame adapted to be moved toward and away from said cutter, a feed table upon which material may be deposited to be moved to the feeding frame, a chute adapted to receive the heads of grain after they have been cut, and a second chute adapted to receive waste matter from the cutting zone and discharge it separately from the heads of grain.

6. In a grain. heading assembly, a cutter, means for operating said cutter, a pivoted feeding frame ada ted to be moved toward and away from sai cutter and provided with means adapted normally to hold it away from such cutter, a feed table upon which material may be deposited to be moved to the feeding frame, a chute adapted to receive the heads of grain after they have been cut and to direct them to a suitable receptacle, and a second chute adapted to receive waste matter from the cutting zone and discharge it separately from the heads of grain, the entire assembly being provided with supporting means whereby it may be movably and removably positioned upon any suitable support.

7. In a grain heading assembly, a cutter, a feed table and a grain carrier pivotally mounted and formed with a plurality of extended arms, said arms extending outwardly from the pivotal axis in different directions, a spring associated with said feeder and adapted, when free to move, to hold the feeder away from the cutter.

8. In a grain heading assembly, a cutter. a feed table. and a grain carrier pivotally mounted and formed with a plurality of extended arms, said arms extending outwardly from the pivotal axis in different directions. a spring associated with said feeder and adapted, when free to move, to hold the feeder away from the cutter, one of said arms normally extending upwardly and adapted to serve as a stop against which grain is pushed, the entire feeder adapted to be tilted about its pivot point and to swing with the grain toward the cutting zone.

Signed at Crystal Lake county ofMcHenry and State of Illinois, this 9 day of September,

RALPH MARSH. 

